The Trump administration has launched another investigation into Maine over policies involving transgender students.
In a letter dated Friday, the U.S. Department of Education informed Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin that the agency is investigating whether her department “directly or indirectly” influenced local district policies governing the privacy of students’ “gender plans.”
That comes after The Federalist Society and The Maine Wire reported that 57 of the state’s 192 school districts, including Bangor and Brewer, have policies concealing students’ transgender identity if their parents would be unwilling to let them transition.
The U.S. Department of Education said that would violate parental rights under the Family Educational Privacy Rights Act, which gives parents the right to access their children’s educational records.